Honor the Lord with your wealth, with the firstfruits of all your crops… —Proverbs 3:9.
Honoring God must come first in everything. We don’t give him the last, the least, or the leftovers. He gave us his best, most precious, and most perfect of gifts — his Son Jesus and the indwelling Holy Spirit. Thanks be to God for his indescribable gifts! How could we give him anything less than our best, our first, and our most precious — our firstfruits in everything!
Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves. Each of you should look not only to your own interests but also
You were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live as children of light…—Ephesians 5:8. Our before and after: we were lost, now found; we were darkness, now
Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show it by his good life, by deeds done in the humility that comes from wisdom. —James 3:13. James promised that
